Pretty much all of us need to stretch more often. I can hear the complaint from here: “But I don’t have time!!!!” So here are five times we can stretch we don’t even think about.
1. While waiting for the microwave. That’s a whole minute of stretching, or an adequate amount of time to hold a quad stretch on both sides.
2. While brushing our teeth. Clean teeth and looser calves are a great combination. Hold one side while brushing the top teeth, the other while doing the bottom ones.
3. On the way back to our desks from the bathroom. We have to go through a doorway to do this, so we can take a few seconds to stretch our chests by putting our arms across the doorway and leaning forward. (If this is too much of a stretch, do one side at a time.)
4. While cleaning up. Putting shoes away? Hang out in that forward bend for a bit. Dishes to go on the top shelf? Sneak in a triceps stretch.
5. Before getting out of bed. This is the perfect time for a whole body stretch and really, we don’t want to get up that much anyway—we’ve just found a good reason to stay for another minute!
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